The 79-year-old actor was rushed to Queen of Angels Hospital on Wednesday morning after falling outside his Hollywood home, authorities said. He was pronounced dead shortly after arrival, the Los Angeles Times reports.

Culp suffered a blow to the head after falling while taking a walk and was found by a jogger who called 911."

The man sure had a charismatic charm that he projected well. Besides the fine Kelly Robinson portrayal, he played a murderous Private eye in one of the best "Columbo" episodes from the early 70s. It's one of his finest performances. I also liked what he did in The Outer Limits "Demon with a Glass Hand" episode and in the movie "Houston, We've Got a Problem."

He had a very different way of delivering his lines - it came across as conversational to me, with odd pauses and "ums" and "ahs" tossed in. I liked him in I Spy and in other projects mentioned here, but I also liked him in the very gritty and downbeat Hickey And Boggs.